Music spoke louder than words of witnesses for a jury that decided Led Zeppelin did not lift a riff from an obscure 1960s instrumental for the intro to its classic 1971 rock anthem “Stairway to Heaven.” The panel had heard the faded memories of rock…

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Panic over: Jury decides that Google’s use of Java APIs in Android was ‘fair use’ and, hence, absolutely fine GOOGLE HAS WON a jury verdict against Oracle in the court case brought by the database giant over the use of Java APIs in the Android…

Airbus has filed a patent for what could be a super speedy helicopter that employs a unique design that includes some elements found of fixed-wing airplanes. “The invention relates to a compound helicopter comprising a fuselage, at least one engine and a main rotor driven…

Blues and folk music have long been full of borrowing. But so has pop and rock — and the legal standard is blurry The poet T.S. Eliot had this to say about the creative process: “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what…

LOS ANGELES —A trial is needed to determine if the British band Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven copies its opening notes from a song performed by the American rock band Spirit, a federal judge has ruled. U.S District Judge R. Gary Klausner ruled Friday that lawyers for…

MPAA, RIAA say surge underscores need to reform Digital Millennium Copyright Act Google received requests to scrub 213 million links from its search engine in the first 12 weeks of 2016 because of copyright infringement, a Variety analysis of the company’s data shows — an…

Oracle has filed a lawsuit against HP Enterprise for allegedly helping its partner to provide software support for the Solaris operating system. In a complaint filed in federal court in San Jose, California, Oracle claimed that HPE was aware of the marketing of support software…

The number of requests from copyright holders to get rid of links to allegedly infringing content has more than doubled compared to last year. Google is busier than ever putting the kibosh on search results that link to material that allegedly infringes copyright. The company…

If someone streams music or movies online without permission it is difficult for copyright holders to sue them in Hong Kong. HONG KONG: If someone streams music or movies online without permission it is difficult for copyright holders to sue them in Hong Kong. That…

Right now Australia would have a three-strikes piracy rule, were it not for the fact that content holders expected someone else to pay for it. Why lobby the government and fight for the introduction of an industry piracy code if you’re going to piss it…